I now have a Kindle Fire. I bought it more as a tablet than as an ereader, as I prefer reading on my Kindle Paperwhite. It's funny how we get used to convenience. I own a laptop that doesn't weigh more than a few pounds, but when I travel, lugging it around seems like a lot of work. I bought the Fire mostly for travelling, so I can browse the web, ( Read more... )

My goodness! Things are hopping these days, in the world of digital publishing/reading! Rumors were flying that the Department of Justice lawsuit against the Big 5 publishers (minus Random House) and Apple was going to break any minute now, and it did, sort of, except if was Apple and the Big 2 because three of the publishers settled with the DoJ.


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A while ago, the folks at Corning glass released a video called A Day Made of Glass in which they illustrated some near-future technology (all using glass!) that they saw us using. It was a pretty cool video and got them a fair amount of attention, but of course, reality catches up with near-future predictions, so they've made a new video called ( ( Read more... )

I've had a few days to take in the new line of Kindles, including the Fire, and I have to say I am impressed at how well Amazon has covered the market.

First, an explanation of "special offers," Amazon-speak for ads. All e-ink Kindles can be bought for $40 or $50 cheaper if you get them with ads in place of the usual screen savers of author ( Read more... )

This is another Kindle post. If you're not interested in ebooks, and how they work, move along. Sorry you have to rush, and here's your hat ( Read more... )

If you have a Kindle or if you read on a multi-use device with a Kindle app, today's post is for you! If you don't, you can move on to the next blog; nothing to see here.

I stumbled over a great site called eReader IQ, that does a couple of the things I wish Amazon had done themselves. The two best features are a) it lets you enter a link to a ( Read more... )

I just finished listening to my Kindle read one of my own books to me. As I have posted before, the Kindle's robot voice has its limitations, but it also has its strengths. For one thing, it never gets bored or tired. For another, it reads exactly what it finds on the page (except for mispronouncing selected words, as mentioned before ( Read more... )

The answer to the above question is, emphatically and unequivocally, yes! If, for example, one is driving a vehicle full of people on an interstate highway, one should not be attempting to read at the same time. If that sounds too obvious to need to be stated, check out this story and video on Gawker about a bus driver in Portland, Oregon who was ( Read more... )

When Amazon came out with the Kindle 2, they did away with a couple of things that had been present in the Kindle 1, specifically an SD card, and a user changeable battery. I do wish Kindle batteries could be changed by the user, but I suspect the sale of Kindles at Best Buy and Target could also mean batteries can be replaced there, at some ( Read more... )

Third time is NOT a charm! I got my new Kindle on schedule, Monday night at 8:30 (those UPS guys work late!). I charged it up and then played with it for an hour or so; I had to reset it once but I figured it was because I sent several books to it at once. (You reset a Kindle by holding the power switch on for about 15 seconds ( Read more... )